{"id":1065,"date":"2009-11-02T07:24:27","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T15:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2009-10-27T07:25:45","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T15:25:45","slug":"the-crucible-and-welding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2009\/11\/02\/the-crucible-and-welding\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crucible and Welding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Crucible. \u00a0It&#8217;s not just <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/The-Crucible\/Arthur-Miller\/e\/9780142437339\/?itm=2&amp;usri=1\" target=\"_blank\">a play by Arthur Miller<\/a> &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>The Crucible is an organization based out of Oakland, Ca that that trains people in the industrial and fine arts.<\/p>\n<p>Ever wanted to learn how to weld? \u00a0Come to the Crucible. \u00a0How about blacksmithing? \u00a0Fire eating? \u00a0Enameling? \u00a0They&#8217;ve thought of everything!<\/p>\n<p>My favorite is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrucible.org\/classes\/welding#bbq\" target=\"_blank\">Build Your Own Barbecue (BYOB)<\/a> class. \u00a0You get to weld your own <em>monster<\/em> BBQ out of old scrap metal!<\/p>\n<p>So, whilst I&#8217;m planning my move up to to Oakland (just kidding &#8212; although&#8230;), you too can get to know the Crucible with this video taken of a few of their welding instructors doing their thing at the Bay Area&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.makerfaire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maker Faire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-howcast-video\" style=\"text-align:center;font-size:9px;\"><object id=\"howcastplayer\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"432\" height=\"357\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"&amp;fs=true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.howcast.com\/flash\/howcast_player.swf?file=71972&amp;theme=black\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&amp;fs=true\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed id=\"howcastplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"432\" height=\"357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howcast.com\/flash\/howcast_player.swf?file=71972&amp;theme=black\" flashvars=\"&amp;fs=true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<a class=\"embedded-playback-url\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howcast.com\/videos\/71972-Make-Podcast-the-Crucible-Fires-It-Up-At-the-Maker-Faire\" target=\"_blank\">Make Podcast: the Crucible Fires It Up At the Maker Faire<\/a> on <a class=\"embedded-howcast-url\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howcast.com\" target=\"_blank\">Howcast<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crucible. \u00a0It&#8217;s not just a play by Arthur Miller &#8212; The Crucible is an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,47,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welding-art","category-welding-education","category-welding-fun","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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